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I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Actress, Best Actor, Cinematography, Editing and Production Design. These were last predicted on Dec. 19th. Past ranking is to the right of the performer in parentheses. Performances from TFF #49 are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Cate Blanchett/TAR (1)
2) Michelle Yeoh/Everything Everywhere All at Once (2)
3) Michelle Williams/The Fabelmans (3)
4) Danielle Deadwyler/Till (4)
5) Viola Davis/The Woman King (6)
6) Margot Robbie/Babylon (5)
7) Olivia Colman/Empire of Light (7)
BEST ACTOR
1) Brendan Fraser/The Whale (1)
2) Colin Ferrell/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)
3) Austin Butler/Elvis (3)
4) Bill Nighy/Living (4)
5) Tom Cruise/Top Gun: Maverick (5)
6) Paul Mescal/Aftersun (6)
7) Hugh Jackman/The Son (7)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Top Gun: Maverick (2)
2) Avatar: The Way of Water (1)
3) The Fabelmans (3)
4) Babylon (4)
5) All Quiet on the Western Front (6)
6) Empire of Light (5)
7) TAR (New)
Out: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
BEST FILM EDITING
1) Top Gun: Maverick (1)
2) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2)
3) The Fabelmans (3)
4) Avatar: The Way of Water (4)
5) Elvis (5)
6) The Banshees of Inisherin (6)
7) TAR (7)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Avatar: The Way of Water (4)
2) Babylon (2)
3) Elvis (1)
4) The Fabelmans (3)
5) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (5)
6) Everything Everywhere All at Once (7)
7) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
THE FILM STAGE'S TOP 50 FOR 2022 AND TFF
The Film Stage published its list of the 50 best films of 2022 and TFF films landed in nine spots:
I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Actress and Best Actor and adding first predictions for Cinematography, Editing and Production Design. These were last predicted on Dec. 5th. Past ranking is to the right of the performer in parentheses. Performances from TFF #49 are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Cate Blanchett/TAR (1)
2) Michelle Yeoh/Everything Everywhere All at Once (2)
3) Michelle Williams/The Fabelmans (3)
4) Danielle Deadwyler/Till (4)
5) Margot Robbie/Babylon (5)
6) Viola Davis/The Woman King (6)
7) Olivia Colman/Empire of Light (7)
BEST ACTOR
1) Brendan Fraser/The Whale (1)
2) Colin Ferrell/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)
3) Austin Butler/Elvis (3)
4) Bill Nighy/Living (4)
5) Tom Cruise/Top Gun: Maverick (5)
6) Paul Mescal/Aftersun (New)
7) Hugh Jackman/The Son (6)
Out: Gabriel LaBelle/The Fabelmans
BEST CINEMATOGRAHY
1) Avatar: The Way of Water
2) Top Gun: Maverick
3) The Fabelmans
4) Babylon
5) Empire of Light
6) All Quiet on the Western Front
7) Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
BEST FILM EDITING
1) Top Gun: Maverick
2) Everything Everywhere All at Once
3) The Fabelmans
4) Avatar: The Way of Water
5) Elvis
6) The Banshees of Inisherin
7) TAR
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Elvis
2) Babylon
3) The Fabelmans
4) Avatar: The Way of Water
5) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
6) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
7) Everything Everywhere All at Once
INDIEWIRE'S TOP 50 AND TFF
Indiewire published its survey of more than 160 film critics and journalists on Wednesday this past week and TFF films nabbed nine of the 50 spots. I have listed them in the order they appear on the list:
The Hollywood Critics Association announced their nominees for the best in cinema for 2022 on Thursday. Eight TFF films landed at least one nomination and TFF films earned 20 nominations overall. Women Talking and TAR led the way with five nominations each. Here's the rundown:
Women Talking (5): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor (Whishaw), Adapted Screenplay and Ensemble. Women Talking had also been nominated for two HCA Creative Arts Awards on Dec. 8th for Best Casting Direction and Score.
TAR (5): Best Picture, Direction, Actress (Blanchett), Original Screenplay and Best Independent Film.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On From (TFF #48) (3): Best Independent Film, Animated Film, Vocal Performance/Slate.
Aftersun (3): Best Independent Film, First Feature, Actor (Mescal).
Bones and All (1): Best Horror Film.
Close (1): Best International Film,
Good Night Oppy (1): Best Documentary,
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (1): Best Documentary.
I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Actress and Best Actor. These were last predicted on Nov. 21st. Past ranking is to the right of the performer in parentheses. Performances from TFF #49 are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Cate Blanchett/TAR (1)
2) Michelle Yeoh/Everything Everywhere All at Once (2)
3) Michelle Williams/The Fabelmans (4)
4) Danielle Deadwyler/Till (3)
5) Margot Robbie/Babylon (5)
6) Viola Davis/The Woman King (7)
7) Olivia Colman/Empire of Light (6)
BEST ACTOR
1) Brendan Fraser/The Whale (1)
2) Colin Ferrell/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)
3) Austin Butler/Elvis (3)
4) Bill Nighy/Living (4)
5) Tom Cruise/Top Gun: Maverick (6)
6) Hugh Jackman/The Son (7)
7) Gabriel LaBelle/The Fabelmans (New)
Out: Diego Calva/Babylon
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AND TFF #9 FILMS
New York critics tapped three TFF #49 films and a TFF #48 film with a total of five awards on Friday with Todd Field's TAR leading the charge winning awards for Best Feature and Best Actress for Cate Blanchett's searing performance. Charlotte Wells' Aftersun was lauded for Best First Feature. The other TFF #49 recognition was for Laura Poitras' documentary on the life and work of photographer and activist nan Goldin: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
TFF #48's Marcel the Shell with Shoes On was named the year's Best Animated Feature. Congrats to Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate and the whole Marcel crew. Regular readers know that Marcel is on of my passions this awards season.
In other NYFCC news of note, Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin made noise with two wins. One for Best Actor for Colin Farrell and the other for McDonagh's Screenplay.
I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Actress and Best Actor. These were last predicted on Nov. 7th. Past ranking is to the right of the performer in parentheses. Performances from TFF #49 are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Cate Blanchett/TAR (1)
2) Michelle Yeoh/Everything Everywhere All at Once (2)
3) Danielle Deadwyler/Till (4)
4) Michelle Williams/The Fabelmans (3)
5) Margot Robbie/Babylon (7)
6) Olivia Colman/Empire of Light (5)
7) Viola Davis/The Woman King (6)
BEST ACTOR
1) Brendan Fraser/The Whale (1)
2) Colin Ferrell/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)
3) Austin Butler/Elvis (3)
4) Bill Nighy/Living (4)
5) Tom Cruise/Top Gun: Maverick (6)
6) Diego Calva/Babylon (New)
7) Hugh Jackman/The Son (5)
Dropping Out: Gabriel LaBelle/The Fabelmans
TRAILERS AND TEASERS
Living starring Bill Nighy from Sony Pictures Classics via YouTube:
I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Actress and Best Actor. These were last predicted on Oct. 24th. Past ranking is to the right of the performer in parentheses. Performances from TFF #49 are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Cate Blanchett/TAR (1)
2) Michelle Yeoh/Everything Everywhere All at Once (2)
3) Michelle Williams/The Fabelmans (3)
4) Daniaelle Deadwyler/Till (4)
5) Olivia Colman/Empire of Light (5)
6) Viola Davis/The Woman King (6)
7) Margot Robbie/Babylon (7)
BEST ACTOR
1) Brendan Fraser/The Whale (1)
2) Colin Ferrell/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)
3) Austin Butler/Elvis (3)
4) Bill Nighy/Living (4)
5) Hugh Jackman/The Son (5)
6) Tom Cruise/Top Gun: Maverick (6)
7) Gabrielle LaBelle/The Fabelmans (7)
BIFA NOMINATIONS AND TFF #49
Five films from the TFF #49 lineup earned nominations from the British Independent Film Association this week.
Charlotte Wells' Aftersun lead all films with 16 nominations: Best British Independent Film, Direction, Debut Directing, Joint Lead Performance/Mescal and Corio, Screenplay, Breakthrough Performance/Corio, Debut Screenwriter, Casting, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Original Music, Makeup and Hair, Music Supervision, Sound, Production Design.
Sebastian Lelio's The Wonder also did quite well with 12 nominations: Best British Independent Film, Direction, Screenplay, Lead Performance/Pugh, Ensemble Performance, Breakthrough Performance/Cassidy, Cinematography, Costume Design, Original Music, Makeup and Hair, Sound and Production Design
Oliver Hermanus' Living also had a good day with 9 nominations: Best British Independent Film, Direction, Screenplay, Lead Performance/Nighy, Supporting Performance/Wood, Casting, Costume Design, Music Supervision, Production Design.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Close were nominated for Best International Independent Film.
I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Actress and Best Actor. These were last predicted on Oct. 10th. Past ranking is to the right of the performer in parentheses. Performances from TFF #49 are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Cate Blanchett/TAR (2)
2) Michelle Yeoh/Everything Everywhere All at Once (1)
3) Michelle Williams/The Fabelmans (3)
4) Daniaelle Deadwyler/Till (5)
5) Olivia Colman/Empire of Light (4)
6) Viola Davis/The Woman King (6)
7) Margot Robbie/Babylon (7)
BEST ACTOR
1) Brendan Fraser/The Whale (1)
2) Colin Ferrell/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)
3) Austin Butler/Elvis (3)
4) Bill Nighy/Living (4)
5) Hugh Jackman/The Son (5)
6) Tom Cruise/Top Gun: Maverick (6)
7) Gabrielle LaBelle/The Fabelmas (New)
Out: Diego Calva/Babylon
NATHANIEL ROGERS' OSCAR PICKS
I am continuing my series wherein I check the Oscar predictions of a number of experts and how they have situated films that played at TFF #49. Previously I have passed along predictions from Variety's Clayton Davis, The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg and Awards Watch's Erik Anderson, Entertainment Weekly's Dave Karger and Next Best Picture's Matt Neglia.
Today I'm highlighting Nathaniel Rogers who runs The Film Experience. Rogers has a22 of the 23 feature categories listed with Documentary Feature the one he hasn't, as yet, included. Here's what Nathaniel currently has predicted at his site.
Women Talking (7): Best Picture, Direction (Polley), Supporting Actress (Buckley), Supporting actress (Foy), Supporting Actor (Whishaw), Adapted Screenplay and Original Score.
TAR (2): Best Actress (Blanchett), Original Screenplay
Empire of Light (2): Best Actress (Colman), Cinematography
Today I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Actress and Best Actor. These were last predicted on Sept. 26th. Past ranking is to the right of the performer in parentheses. Performances from TFF #49 are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Michelle Yeoh/Everything Everywhere All at Once (1)
2) Cate Blanchett/TAR (2)
3) Michelle Williams/The Fabelmans (3)
4) Olivia Colman/Empire of Light (4)
5) Danielle Deadwyler/Till (6)
6) Viola Davis/The Woman King (New)
7) Margot Robbie/Babylon (5)
Out: Carrie Mulligan/She Said
BEST ACTOR
1) Brendan Frasier/The Whale (1)
2) Colin Ferrell/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)
3) Austin Butler/Elvis (3)
4) Bill Nighy/Living (4)
5) Hugh Jackman/The Son (5)
6) Tom Cruise/Top Gun: Maverick (6)
7) Diego Calva/Babylon (New)
Out: Adam Driver/White Noise
DAVE KARGER, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND TFF #49
I am continuing my series wherein I check the Oscar predictions of a number of experts and how they have situated films that played at TFF #49. Previously I have passed along predictions from Variety's Clayton Davis, The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg and Awards Watch's Erik Anderson. Today I'm highlighting Dave Karger who has returned to Entertainment Weekly as their 2023 Oscar specialist. Dave has predicted Best Picture, Direction and the acting categories in his first pass at this year's Oscar field. Here's how TFF #49 films fare in his prognostications:
TAR: Best Picture, Direction, Actress/Blanchett and Supporting Actress/Hoss
Women Talking: Best Picture, Supporting Actress/Foy, Supporting Actress/Buckley
Empire of Light: Best Picture, Direction, Actress/Colman
Many of you know that I usually include Oscar winning director/writer Alexander Payne as a "Usual Suspects" that frequently attend the Telluride Film Festival. Payne guest directed the fest in 2009 and is listed as a member of TFF's Board of Governors. But I didn't include Payne this year though I knew he was working on a new film starring his Sideways lead actor Paul Giamatti. The Holdovers is described at IMDb as follows:
"Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) -- not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains -- a trouble-making 15-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary (Randolph)-an African American woman who caters to sons of privilege and whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. The real journey is how they help one another understand that they are not beholden to their past-they can choose their own futures."
When I was asked if it could play at TFF #49 my response was if anyone could make that happen it would be Alexander Payne. Do I think it WILL happen? No. Do I think it COULD happen? Sure...it's Payne. There's a chance and I, for one, would welcome it.
SCREEN TALK, SHE SAID AND NYFF
Maria Schrader's She Said has been something of a badminton birdie for me this summer-back and forth, back and forth.
The latest salvo was its lack of inclusion on NYFF's Main Slate announcement last week. I had assumed that the film's supposed World Premiere at NYFF would mean its inclusion as a Main Slate selection. So when it was not I thought...hey...maybe it's still in play for TFF.
But a comment posted to my blog by "Unknown" on Thursday suggests:
"NYFF’s press release re: its Main Slate stated “Currents, Revivals, Spotlight, and Talks sections will be announced in the coming weeks.” My best guess is that She Said will be announced w/i the next two weeks as a NYFF Spotlight film accompanied by a Talk with the main cast and the journalists they portray."
"I announced awhile ago that She Said was going to have a big event at the New York Film Festival and I believe that that is going to turn out to be true." Which makes me think Anne knows even more than what she's saying. Does it mean it's a World Premiere at New York and nit a TFF selection? Probably.
I also kind of think that Anne might be leading the Q+A after the film at NYFF-pure speculation on my part.
BUT, then Anne goes on to say that Sarah Polley's Women Talking will be announced sometime soon as an addition to NYFF and I feel very confident that its initial bow will be at Telluride.
Sooo...She Said is a "probably not" again for TFF #49. But....
BFI-LONDON CHOOSES EMPIRE OF LIGHT
The BFI-London Film Fest announced on Thursday that Sam Mendes Empire of Light will be this year's American Express Gala Screening at the British Film Institute/London Film Festival as a European Premiere.
Who might be joining us mere mortals in the San Juans in just a few weeks? Working from my current Ten (Plus) Bets list, here are some possibilities (listed by film) with past TFF Guests indicated with ***:
Armageddon Time: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Anthony Hopkins (who may have been a Tribute recipient had there been a TFF #47) and Jessica Chastain.
Bones and All: Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell***, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark Rylance, Chloe Sevigny***.
Empire of Light: Colin Firth*** (Tribute 2010), Olivia Colman, Toby Jones.
One Fine Morning: Lea Seydoux***.
The Pale Blue Eye: Christian Bale***, Henry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall
TAR: Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong
Women Talking: Jesse Buckley, Rooney Mara*** (Tribute 2015), Clare Foy, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand.
The Wonder: Florence Pugh.
Hot prospects for Tributes include Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Olivia Colman and Frances McDormand.
THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION TRAILER
TFF "Usual Suspect" Mark Cousins has a couple of projects that could make a splash at TFF #49. One is an updating of sorts of his The Story of Film. That film is The Story of Film: A New Generation and comes 10 years after the original. The new version has a new trailer which dropped last week. Here that is via YouTube:
Additionally, Cousins has a new documentary that will land at Venice and then could end up at Telluride. March on Rome which is described at IMDb as a film that:
"Depicts the ascent of fascism in Italy, and its fallout across 1930s Europe."
I wouldn't be stunned if both films were screened at the fest.
ARMAGEDDON AT NYFF
The New York Film festival has announced that James Gray's Armageddon Time will play as a "Main Slate selection". The announcement from NYFF is a little bit cagey with its language about the premiere status of the film:
"The premiere has been designated a special 60th anniversary screening event celebrating the history of the festival, featuring Gray and cast in attendance, along with NYFF filmmakers and supporters who have been integral to the festival’s success."
There's no actual mention of its premiere status despite using the word premiere" in the announcement. If the film isn't playing TFF/TIFF then New York could and likely would bill it as an North American premiere. Also, the "60th anniversary screening event" language makes me think that the film plays somewhere else before NYFF.
So I'm going to stand pat, for the moment anyway, that Armageddon Time still screens at TFF #49.
Jordan Ruimy/World of Reel continues to be a fount of info regarding festival season. In one of his later posts he seems to confirm that Steve James' A Compassionate Spy is headed for Telluride:
"Then there’s Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy,” set to premiere at Venice, Telluride, Toronto and Chicago."
I reported here a week ago that the documentary looked like it was headed to TFF #49 based on a Chicago Tribune story which included this:
"Though the filmmaker could not confirm the near-future for his latest project, many world premieres start at Venice and then go straight to a U.S. premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado a few days later."
And:
"James wrapped up principal photography in April, and his producers at Participant Media suggested submitting the film for Venice (Aug. 31-Sept. 10) and Telluride (Sept. 2-5)."
PS...another doc that Jordan mentions is Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" has also been announced as NYFF's Centerpiece and os absent any premiere designation for that fest as far as I can tell.
That leads me to think that we might consider it as a TFF #49 prospect. The film focuses on the work of photographer Nan Goldin and her fight against the Sackler family (Purdue Pharma).
Goldin's story was recently included as a part of the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.
I have updated Oscar predictions for winners in these six categories today. TFF #48 Films are Bold.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1) Summer of Soul
2) Flee
3) Attica
4) Ascension
5) Writing with Fire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1) Encanto
2) The Mitchells vs. the Machines
3) Flee
4) Luca
5) Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
1) Drive My Car
2) The Worst Person in the World
3) The Hand of God
4) Flee
5) Luana: A Yak in the Classroom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) The Power of the Dog
2) Dune
3) The Tragedy of Macbeth
4) Nightmare Alley
5) West Side Story
BEST EDITING
1) Dune
2) The Power of the Dog
3) King Richard
4) Don't Look Up
5) tick, tick...BOOM
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Dune
2) Nightmare Alley
3) West Side Story
4) The Power of the Dog
5) The Tragedy of Macbeth
A couple of quivers of movement since these categories were last updated on Feb. 17th. Flee and Luca swap spots in Best Animated Feature as do King Richard and Don't Look Up for Editing.
The current predictions for the other 14 feature categories at the moment are:
BEST PICTURE
1) The Power of the Dog
2) Belfast
3) West Side Story
4) King Richard
5) Dune
6) Licorice Pizza
7) CODA
8) Don't Look Up
9) Drive My Car
10) Nightmare Alley
BEST DIRECTION
1) Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog
2) Kenneth Branagh/Belfast
3) Steven Spielberg/West Side Story
4) Licorice Pizza/Paul Thomas Anderson
5) Ryusuke Hamaguchi/Drive My Car
BEST ACTRESS
1) Nicole Kidman/Being the Ricardos
2) Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye
3) Kristen Stewart/Spencer
4) Olivia Colman/The Lost Daughter
5) Penelope Cruz/Parallel Mothers
BEST ACTOR
1) Will Smith/King Richard
2) Benedict Cumberbatch/The Power of the Dog
3) Andrew Garfield/tick, tick...BOOM
4) Denzel Washington/The Tragedy of Macbeth
5) Javier Bardem/Being the Ricardos
1) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1) Ariana DeBose/West Side Story
2) Kirsten Dunst/The Power of the Dog
3) Aujanue Ellis/King Richard
4) Jesse Buckley/The Lost Daughter
5) Judi Dench/Belfast
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1) Kodi Smit-McPhee/The Power of the Dog
2) Troy Kotsur/CODA
3) Ciaran Hinds/Belfast
4) Jesse Plemons/The Power of the Dog
5) J.K. Simmons/Being the Ricardos
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1) Belfast
2) Licorice Pizza
3) Don't Look Up
4) King Richard
5) The Worst Person in the World
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1) The Power of the Dog
2) CODA
3) The Lost Daughter
4) Drive My Car
5) Dune
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Dune
2) The Power of the Dog
3) Don't Look Up
4) Encanto
5) Parallel Mothers
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1) No Time to Die/No Time to Die
2) Dos Oruguitas/Encanto
3) Be Alive/King Richard
4) Down to Joy/Belfast
5) Somehow You Do/Four Good Days
BEST COSTUMES
1) Cruella
2) Dune
3) Nightmare Alley
4) West Side Story
5) Cyrano
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1) Dune
2) Spiderman: No Way Home
3) No Time to Die
4) Shang Chi
5) Free Guy
BEST SOUND
1) Dune
2) West Side Story
3) Not Time to Die
4) The Power of the Dog
5) Belfast
BEST MAKEUP/HAIR
1) Dune
2) Cruella
3) The Eyes of Tammy Faye
4) The House of Gucci
5) Coming 2 America
SAG AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Last night was a good night for Sundance breakout CODA and not so great a night for TFF #48 films at the SAG Awards. CODA won Best Cast and Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor for his role as the deaf father of a hearing child.
TFF #48 films only scored one win and that was an expected victory for Will Smith as Best Actor for King Richard.
Other winners were:
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose/West Side Story
The wins for Smith and DeBose solidify their status as Oscar frontrunners. Kotsur's win certainly improves his chances in a Oscar race that seems, or at least seemed, to be close between him and The Power of the Dog's Kodi Smit-McPhee. And does Chastain's win mean that she's now the person to beat in a crazy and divided Best Actress Oscar field?
The Dog went 0 for 3 last night with Smit-McPhee, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst all coming up short. Belfast was 0 for 2 with Caitriona Balfe dropping in Supporting Actress and the film missing for Best Cast. King Richard also missed for Best Cast as well as for Aujanue Ellis as Supporting Actress. The final miss for TFF #48 performers was Olivia Colman from The Lost Daughter for Best Actress.
The USC Scripter Award is annually presented to the Best Adapted Screenplay in the eyes of the Scripter's awards voters. Most thought that Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog was the likely winner here but voters opted for a different TFF #48 film honoring Maggie Gyllenhaal and the script for The Lost Daughter. The USC Scripter Award also recognizes the writer(s) of the original source material being adapted. That included author Elena Ferrante who wrote the novel that the film is based on.
Dopesick won the award for adapted television writing.
Other screenplays nominated included Passing, Dune and The Tragedy of Macbeth.
